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HELP - I think my computer is infected

I need some serious help because I have no knowledge in dealing with these sort of things. I was on the internet yesterday and my computer kept saying I was getting attacked and I kept clicking BLOCK and DENY ACCESS. That obviously did not work because this program called Advanced Spyware Pro by Magic Software Inc. kept popping up and I could not access IE, or any of my security programs. I looked on the internet and found a blog where I was told to remove ####sysguard.exe from my processes. I did that and the program quit running. Did a malware and mcafee scan and found some issues which were suppsedly quarantined and removed. EVERYTHING SEEMS OK WITH MY IE AND PROGRAMS, BUT NOW EVERYTIME I RESTART MY COMPUTER THE ADVANCED SPYWARE PRO SYSTEM STILL LOADS AND I HAVE TO SEARCH FOR THE ####sysguard.exe to get it to stop. Is there anyway to delete this app completely from my computer? Thanks in advance for any help and guidance.Chris

We apologize for the delay in responding to your request for help. Here at Bleeping Computer we get overwhelmed at times, and we are trying our best to keep up. Please note that your topic was not intentionally overlooked. Our mission is to help everyone in need, but sometimes it takes just a little longer to get to every request for help. No one is ignored here.

If you have since resolved the original problem you were having, we would appreciate you letting us know. If not please perform the following steps below so we can have a look at the current condition of your machine.

If you have not done so, include a clear description of the problems you're having, along with any steps you may have performed so far.

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We need to see some information about what is happening in your machine. Please perform the following scan:

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Close the program window, and delete the program from your desktop.

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